THUWAL — King Abdullah College of Science and Know-how (KAUST), a number one analysis and graduate schooling establishment devoted to the event and development of recent and present applied sciences, and LONGi, a world chief within the photo voltaic business, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster innovation in photo voltaic vitality.
Particular advisor to KAUST president, Dr. Kevin Cullen and LONGi President for the MEA-CA area Dr. James Jin signed the MoU within the presence of LONGi senior representatives through the Shanghai New Worldwide Expo Middle (SNEC 2023), a number one worldwide photo voltaic commerce occasion. The settlement highlights the dedication of each organizations to drive innovation and speed up the adoption of sustainable vitality options to handle the urgent challenges of local weather change in step with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and Saudi Green Initiative.
The strategic partnership goals to leverage the experience and sources of each organizations to speed up the event and deployment of photo voltaic applied sciences, with a deal with advancing the effectivity and reliability of revolutionary photovoltaic (PV) applied sciences for the demanding environmental circumstances within the Kingdom.
“We’re excited to embark on this collaboration with LONGi,” stated Dr. Cullen. “This partnership displays our shared dedication to advancing photo voltaic vitality applied sciences to handle regional and international vitality challenges. By combining the cutting-edge analysis and innovation of KAUST with LONGi’s business experience, we goal to drive impactful developments in photo voltaic expertise and contribute to the transition in the direction of a cleaner and extra sustainable future.”
Dr. Frédéric Laquai, interim director of the KAUST Solar Center, added, “Collaborating with industrial companions reminiscent of LONGi creates new alternatives to speed up innovation of photo voltaic applied sciences on the KAUST Photo voltaic Middle. Collectively, we aspire to extend the effectivity and reliability of novel photovoltaic applied sciences, upscale from lab-scale gadgets to industrially-relevant cell sizes, and tailor photo voltaic applied sciences to the particular calls for of the area.”
Below the MoU, KAUST and LONGi will undertake joint initiatives, harnessing the complementary experience and strengths of each organizations. The collaboration will embody many elements, together with the testing of novel PV module ideas in real-world, outside circumstances, growth of recent supplies and novel photo voltaic cell and module designs, superior manufacturing processes, and efficiency optimization.
Each establishments may even foster expertise growth via joint academic and vocational coaching applications, workshops and change visits. These initiatives will facilitate the change of concepts and experience between researchers, engineers and college students, selling a collaborative setting and driving additional photo voltaic improvements, in addition to contribute to the event of the native workforce for the Kingdom’s PV vitality sector.
Dr. Jin said, “LONGi is dedicated to driving the worldwide vitality transition via steady innovation in photo voltaic expertise. We’re excited to collaborate with KAUST, an esteemed analysis and schooling establishment identified for its cutting-edge analysis and developments in sustainable vitality. This partnership will allow us to mix our strengths and speed up the event of high-performance photo voltaic merchandise and options.” — SG